Keralas Hill station, Munnar hills, Neelakurinjy flowers and Tea Plantation photos taken in a tour trip

Let me add more pictures of munnar into the gallery....Just posting more photos on the cool natural sceneries of Munnar- the famous hill station of Kerala.Here you can see the photos of neelakurinji - the flower which blooms only once in 12 years, and the green tea plantations in the mountain slopes of munnar, some water falls etc.Every thing here has a charm under that mild blanket of mist.

Violet flowers of Neelakurinjy-One of Kerala's rarest seasonal flowers.



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"That is the closeup shot of Queen of the mountains- Violet Flowers of Neelakurinji"

Photo by: Arun
Camera: SonyEricsson K750i(2mp)
Focus mode:macro




Green Carpet of Tea Plantations in Munnar mountain slopes


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"The green carpet over the mountains...One of the beautiful sceneries in our life"


You can get fine quality munnar tea and tea powder from here..The mountain fresh tea right from the factories..Even the tea that are served in the hotels are of fine quality and you can feel the quality of munnar tea...Their are so many Resorts, Hotels, and cottages intended for tourists..

Photo by: Sreerag
Camera: SonyEricsson W810i(2mp)
Focus mode:Auto


Trees in Mist- Photo from tea plantations in Munnar




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"Trees In the Mist" Shot from the bus.....

Photo by: Arun
Camera: SonyEricsson K750i(2mp)



Mountain Slope in Munnar. Photos from Rajamala



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"The Blue Carpeted Mountain"

Photo by: Irshad
Camera: SonyEricsson K750i(2mp)
Focus mode:Auto

Dense Mist covering the Mountains



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"From the top point of the rajamala mountains" Anything you can see is on the mercy of the mist.

Photo by: Georjo
Camera: SonyEricsson W550i(1.3mp)
Focus mode:Auto




Munnar Mountain valleys and Mist


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"The Valley Underneath"

Photo by: Sreerag
Camera: SonyEricsson W810i(2mp)
Focus mode:Auto


Waterfalls on the Way to Munnar Hill station


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"The waterfalls on the way to Munnar..Spent a little time there."

Photo by: Sreerag
Camera: SonyEricsson W810i(2mp)
Focus mode:Auto


Tourist Attractions in and around Munnar

  • Mattupetty located 13 km from Munnar is situated at a height of 1700 m, Mattupetty is known for its highly specialised dairy farm - the Indo Swiss Livestock Project. Over a 100 varieties of high yielding cattle are reared here
  •  Marayoor is about 40 Km away from munnar, where Sandalwood forest, Muniyaras (ancient caves) and water falls (Thoovanam) are located
  •  Lock Heart Gap is an ideal place for adventure tourism and trekking. The fresh mountain air, the mist-clad hills and panoramic view make it worthy of a visit.
  • The Mattupetty lake and dam, just a short distance from the farm, is a very beautiful picnic spot. The sprawling Kundala tea plantations and the Kundala Lake are other attractions in the vicinity. DTPC Idukki provides boating facilities on the Mattupetty Dam. Speed launch, slow speedboat and motorboats are available on hire.
  •  Chinnar Wild Sanctuary is 60 Km away from munnar, where elephants, deers, samba etc can be seen..


The photos given above are of only of- The Rajamala. Unfortunately we didn't get time to visit other places, but were pretty fortunate to visit the place on right time.Remember the fact Once in 12 years."


"Anyway we missed more, than we saw"........


The easiest route to reach Munnar is from Ernakulam which is about 135km and takes about 4 hours. The Aluva-Munnar road extends through Perumbavoor, Kothamangalam and Adimali

Bus services are available to Ernakulam (135km), Thekkady (100km), Thiruvananthapuram(300km), Palani (120km) and Coimbatore (150km) from Munnar. Frequent bus service is available daily to Theni from where you can go to Madurai or Kodaikanal.

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3 comments:

  1. awesome sceneries from munnar of kerala.. i realy want to visit kerala now.

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  2. the neelakurinjy flowers are so rare no?.. i havent got the chance to see them yet.. heard that they blooms only once in 12 years... so sad..

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  3. i think a few days are needed to cover the place.. not a single day.. munnar is a real deal for tourists coming to kerala .. our Gods own country,,

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